Should Georgia move on from Stetson Bennett?

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Dan, Pete & Pat discuss Bennett’s rough second half vs. Alabama & if it’s time for Georgia to move on.

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DAN WETZEL: For Georgia, Georgia is trying to win the national title. I think anything less than winning a national title is-- I'm not gonna say disappointment, but that's the goal here. To do that now, they need to beat Florida November 7th. They got to win a lot of other games, including at Kentucky in a couple of weeks, which I think you can do with Stetson Bennett.

Can they beat Florida with Stetson Bennett? I don't know. They would then eventually play Alabama again in the SEC title game and have to beat them. We did not see that. And, eventually, they'll have to play Clemson probably.

So you have to score 40, 50 points to win these games. Clemson is-- I don't care how good your defense is. You can't keep Alabama under wraps for that long. You're not gonna win a game 20, 21-17 against Alabama or Clemson. I just don't think that's happening anymore.

And so then you look and go, is Stetson Bennett a guy who's gifted enough to do that? Probably not. I mean, he just-- he did well. There was that one scoring drive where he just overthrew wide open guys in the end zone. And he can't run. He's gonna get hit.

I agree with you, Pete. They're missing that key element there. Because look, Alabama, they kind of sat on the ball late, right? I mean, they just killed the clock. Really, really well-coached. But Georgia's in this game. But then the sprint went down, and they couldn't keep up.

PAT FORDE: Yeah.

DAN WETZEL: And that's where you go to your quarterback. So I hate picking on him, too, because--

PAT FORDE: He's done very well for himself. I mean, he's--

DAN WETZEL: Yeah.

PAT FORDE: --been the starter at Georgia and done pretty well. But that's the thing. You can't take a knife to a gunfight like that if you're trying to win the national title. I mean, boy, if you're playing Alabama now, it's a gun fight. If you're playing Clemson, it's a gun fight.

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